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US 12,001,124 B2Granted
Image pickup apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAkira Tagaya
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Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes a window portion, an image pickup unit configured to photoelectrically convert an optical image obtained via the window portion, a heating unit, and a movable portion configured to move the heating unit to a first position and a second position. At the first position, the heating unit does not contact the window portion. At the second position, the heating unit contacts the window portion.
Claims11
An image pickup apparatus comprising:
- a window portion;
- an image pickup unit configured to photoelectrically convert an optical image obtained via the window portion;
- a heating unit;
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- a movable portion configured to move the heating unit to a first position and a second position,
- wherein at the first position, the heating unit does not contact the window portion, and
- wherein at the second position, the heating unit contacts the window portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.